Oh no it´s raining!

toneloc24 says on Oct 13, 2005, 13:55:

Have you been on one of the coastal towns (Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, etc.) when it rains? If you have, you'd understand the concern. The streets are flooded, rivers flow at intersections, power sometimes goes down, cellular service is iffy, etc...

Bogota/Medellin are different, as they just remind me of a normal major city, where traffic just gets even more tied up.

"PBH is dead!!!!"

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 13, 2005, 14:14:

what!! an spoil my make up and clothes? no thanks. Bring me an umbrella

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 13, 2005, 14:21:

yep, my mum used to said that every time I've got a cold,"it was because you got wet!!!!" and not to mention too, that when you wait for a bus,and it's been raining, there it comes the clever one and splash you like a plant with his or her car. B&%t&^&* :(

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 13, 2005, 14:34:

LOL GIB i will check the salmons swimming up the stream next time jajaja, that is so funny
btw I am hot blooded I get cold everywhere jeje

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 13, 2005, 14:38:

GIB I remembered one time I was w I remembered one time I was wearing a white suit , and this bus pass and splashed me, but you know that is not clean water it's MUD, I looked like a leopard, I was in Alamos norte and had to go all the way home in Kennedy, everybody in the bus was feeling sorry for me but at the same time they were laughing. b*** I was sicological damage after that. I HATE SPOTS ;(

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 13, 2005, 14:44:

lol, bring so many memories

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ARMacleod says on Oct 13, 2005, 15:28:

My memories are... I always welcomed the occasional showers in Bogota, the air pollution there was so bad, I used to pray for the rain to help me breathe. It also kept the street surfaces fairly clean, all the c**p was washed down to where the poor people lived.

Next best thing as the saying goes, "To the smell of napalm in the morning"

My stated facts, although interesting at times, are generally irrevelant.

The brain is like a parachute, it only functions correctly when it is open. Pax vobiscum.

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spigrimace says on Oct 13, 2005, 17:45:

Past recent events as to why to be afraid of rain... They create mudslides.

A barrio in Bello got wiped off the map last week due to a mudslide.

For those who have been to beautiful Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, the entire touristy town of Panahanchel just got anhialated to Pompei status (or Antigua status if you know Guatemala history) recently due to mud slides.

As for me in Medellin, I´m afraid of the "other guy" with all the bald tires here, hydroplaning out of control into me.

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Rubiazo says on Oct 13, 2005, 20:49:

Bah WHAT COLD IN BOGOTA???
You all need to pass at least ONE Canadian winter. You will NEVER EVER EVER bitch about the 'cold' in 'tierra fria' again.

I think the climate in Bogota is too NICE, and people never develop a proper constitution so their bodies are victims to whatever bug comes along.

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webmanco says on Oct 13, 2005, 20:51:

Right on Rubiazo I do AGREE


Friday October 21

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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cdunn77 says on Oct 14, 2005, 16:25:

Rubiazo, many times I've wished I could transport friends that I've made around the world to a Canadian winter. People seem to think that whole cities shut down when it becomes -50 degrees celcius with the windchill. What they don't realize is that it's just another day and life DOES continue! It's always fun when you have to take a bus to work at the last minute because the gas in your car froze and you have to bundle up in layers to walk to the bus stop to avoid frostbite! Brrrrr.... :-)

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utopiacowboy says on Oct 14, 2005, 16:39:

There were many times, Cdunn, in my time in Montreal that I wondered why several million people were living in such an inhospitable climate. I think anyone who you instantly transported to a Canadian winter would want themselves instantly transported back to whereever they came from.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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cdunn77 says on Oct 14, 2005, 16:48:

I definitely agree with you! There were times when I lived in the UK and walked into work with a t-shirt on and everyone else had on a winter coat. They all thought I was insane! When you're used to -50, 10 degrees is brilliant! I gotta say though, that even though you freeze your *ss off, there's definitely something unique and special about living in a climate like that, which is probably why so many people choose to live there. There's nothing like a freezing cold night, skating on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, stopping to get a 'beaver tail' and a hot chocolate before heading back out and skating again along the world's 'longest ice rink!'

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mzzmerized says on Oct 14, 2005, 18:28:

the rain, the rain One thing you can't do is iron clothes when it's raining outside...at least not in San Andres...I don't remember it being an issue in Cali...but don't ask me why...you will catch a cold or get electrocuted or something...

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Rubiazo says on Oct 15, 2005, 01:23:

My gf REALLY wants to come to Montreal and meet me there in the middle of the winter. She is fascinated by the extreme heat and cold, especially the cold, because she got lots of heat during her internship in Puerto Boyaca.

I don't think she's gonna be to thrilled of the cold after a few days of January or February weather in Montreal. I already warned her she's gonna need to bring or buy REAL winter boots there.

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 15, 2005, 14:22:

Did you know that when is raining, if you run you get wetter than if you walk ;)

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kernow62 says on Oct 15, 2005, 14:25:

And you get wetter still if you swim.

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 15, 2005, 14:27:

kernow are you sure?

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 15, 2005, 14:29:

well get your wet suit on and you'll stay dry
cheers,
Desi

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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Mr. Hollywood says on Oct 15, 2005, 14:31:

Serious rain Today, Bogota had some SERIOUS rain. Roads were flooded over the curb all over town.

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 15, 2005, 14:33:

no desi, let's put kernow in a wet t-shirt ;)

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 15, 2005, 14:40:

actually I have this fantasy of seeing ARM in a wet t-shirt..oh well you can't always get what you want.
Cheers,
Desi

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 15, 2005, 14:43:

well ARM is scottish let's put him in a kilt with no under..... oops well that is what they said about scottish men in kilts WOW!!!

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 15, 2005, 15:04:

what kat? they say about Scots? No underwear? Fascinating...
How about the Cornish?
Chers,
Desi

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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aztec says on Oct 15, 2005, 15:09:

kat1 is correct... ...I saw the research on the subject. The researchers were surprised because it defies logic!

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kernow62 says on Oct 15, 2005, 16:46:

Actually there is a Cornish tartan, but I think the whole thing is a bit silly. Most of the tartans are a quite modern invention.

By the way you are wet in a wetsuit, that is why you pee in them if it is too cold. A drysuit is what a diver wears in colder climes and in those you remain dry, unless you have to pee. ;-)

As luck would have it I would like to see Kat1 in a wet t-shirt, what is they say about great minds thinking alike? Perhaps they meant to say dirty minds think alike. ja ja

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Lucia Rojas says on Oct 15, 2005, 22:53:

Octubre 15 de 2005
Las lluvias arrecian en todo el país y aumenta el número de damnificados

En Cartagena, 30 barrios están inundados, mientras que la ola invernal generó el cierre de la vía Bucaramanga-Barrancabermeja y otras carreteras.

En la capital del departamento de Bolívar, más de 200 familias se vieron afectadas por el represamiento de algunos arroyos que inundaron viviendas de las zonas suroccidental y suroriental de la ciudad.

El comandante del cuerpo de bomberos, Jorge Oliver, confirmó a Radio Caracol que no hubo muertos pese a que el nivel del agua llegó a un metro y medio.

El funcionario informó que en el sector de Policarpa varias residencias quedaron cubiertas por las aguas y sus habitantes tuvieron que refugiarse en el techo. Situaciones similares se presentaron en los barrios Villahermosa, San José, Fredonia y Olaya.

En Manizales, se han extremado los controles para auxiliar a 2.500 familias que viven en zonas de alto riesgo, 600 de las cuales habitan en el barrio La Playita.

El Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (Ideam) considera que en esta ciudad, las lluvias han aumentado 20 por ciento con respecto a otras temporadas.

Finalmente, en el Valle, dos vendavales dejaron pérdidas materiales en los municipios de Jamundí y Caicedonia. En el primero, varios árboles y vallas cayeron sobre la vía que lleva al cementerio municipal y la vía a Cañasgordas, mientras que en el segundo, sufrió daños el Parque de las Heliconias y 30 familias resultaron damnificadas.

A comienzos de la presente semana, el Ideam tenía un reporte oficial de 39 muertos, 48 heridos y 24 desaparecidos en todo el país por culpa de las fuertes lluvias de las últimas semanas.

Sufren también las vías

En Santander, la vía que conduce de Bucaramanga a Barrancabermeja se encuentra bloqueada en el sitio Cañoseco, donde las lluvias hicieron desbordar una quebrada y esta se llevó ocho metros de calzada y los muros de contención.

En este sector, las filas de vehículos miden seis kilómetros, pues si bien hay paso parcial, hay gran afluencia de automotores.

De igual modo, se presentaron problemas en la carretera que conduce de Manizales a Bogotá.

Ayer, la Dirección de Prevención y Atención de Desastres confirmó que las lluvias se intensificarán en el norte y centro del país en este fin de semana.

El organismo no descartó que se presentaran crecientes súbitas en cuencas de alta pendiente de las regiones Andina, Caribe y Pacífica.

Por último, sugirió declarar la alerta amarilla para sectores específicos del río Magdalena cerca de Puerto Salgar (Cundinamarca) y Gamarra (sur del Cesar).

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